Monday thru Thursday you can find me in a dimly lit bathroom tying one on at 5:45 in the morning as I get ready to walk out the door. At 5 pm you can find me taking it off as I walk across the parking garage headed to my truck. You get use to wearing them and hardly notice the inconvenience after a while. I am thankful for casual Friday's at work and I hate to think about weekend occasions that require one.

I kind of envy you guys who have never had to learn. I've been putting on a tie five mornings a week since 1984. Don't even have to look in a mirror. Wearing a tie has become so uncommon, people look at me weird when I walk in a convenience store or whatever while wearing one...

Hey Slayer! I guess I'm not the only tie wearer left - sure feels like it sometimes. I think one reason people hate to wear them is they buy dress shirts that are too tight in the neck, hence all the comments about "feeling choked". As far as how to tie it - with a straight collar or button down collar I go with the "four-in-hand" knot, cinched down tight so you get a nice dimple. (the knot is tight not tight against your neck) With a spread collar I usually go with the Windsor knot.

For people that say wearing a tie is uncomfortable or a choker...there's a trick I use that works good. If you are going to wear a tie, be sure to wear a shirt that has a neck size one up from your actual size. The tie will synch up to the shirt and not your neck.

Hey Slayer! I guess I'm not the only tie wearer left - sure feels like it sometimes. I think one reason people hate to wear them is they buy dress shirts that are too tight in the neck, hence all the comments about "feeling choked". As far as how to tie it - with a straight collar or button down collar I go with the "four-in-hand" knot, cinched down tight so you get a nice dimple. (the knot is tight not tight against your neck) With a spread collar I usually go with the Windsor knot.

Jerp I do the same "four in hand" not with a button down collar and a Windsor knot with spreads...Don't know why I do it just always have.

I"m with JERP... i've worn one every day for many years... different knots for different occasions - just like fishing. There is even an iPhone app for all the different knot types. Oddly enough the once or twice a year that I wear a polo to work, or wear a dress shirt without a tie, I feel so under dressed and just about naked! On the flip side, as soon as i'm home i'm a ratty t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts and ball cap kind of guy.... I walk past people from work in "regular" clothes all the time and they never recognize me, or they are blown away that I am wearing such relaxed clothes. I guess they think I wear a suit and tie on saturdays to Home Depot! God forbid they find out I take my suit & tie off, put on camo, kill something and eat it over a fire!! It's tough being a double agent sometimes....

I can't. But have a funny tie story. Years ago friend of mine was interviewing for a job and he couldn't tie one either. He ask his cub mate at work if he knew how. This guy was a strange dude and 20yrs as a mortician previously. He told him he could do it but he would have to lay down on the desk to do it.

My dad taught me how to tie a tie when I was about 10. Every sunday when I was a kid, we'd get dressed for church in our suits, and I'd stand next to my dad in the mirror tying my tie. I never forgot how

I very seldom wore one growing up. My dad had showed me when I was 10-12, but I never learned how. About 15 years ago (i'm 39 now), I was asleep and had a dream about how to tie one. When I woke up that morning I grabbed one that was hanging in my closet and gave it a try and got it on the first try, just like in my dream. CRAZY!!!

I kind of envy you guys who have never had to learn. I've been putting on a tie five mornings a week since 1984. Don't even have to look in a mirror. Wearing a tie has become so uncommon, people look at me weird when I walk in a convenience store or whatever while wearing one...

It is weird that folks think ties are odd to me.

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Originally Posted by Legdog

33 years ago at Southwestern University it was mandatory to know how.

I knew before I got out of high school..........just common stuff for me and my brother!